@Ko ******

it would be helpful to say how, if using an agent, which one and how much, if DIY which branch and what documentation was needed.

Anonymous participant Wise is a good tip, it's cheaper than most banks for transfers and guarantees an exact amount to the receiver, there is no additional fee Thai-side.

It's possible to get a local bank account, just difficult; it. May be worth using an agent.

@Da**

it says Non-O on the entry stamp and it's for 90 days so they stamped you in correctly.

@David **********

UK also has this. Last I checked the UK was also a European country 🙄

If you buy on Shopee you can get good deals. AIS, 588B for 50GB/month for 3 months, 1,158B for 6 months.

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Cheapest is NT Telecom with unlimited max speed for 6 months for 599B but this is data only (no calls) and coverage is not as good as AIS. I have used it as an internet backup as it really is unlimited and can tether. I get around 30Mbps down, but only 5 up at home in Chiang Mai.

เน็ตไม่อั้น-6-เดือน-NT-wireless-net-Thunder-599-i.235326805.77789544386805.

There are data SIMs from True, DTAC and My as well. The best data deals are data SIMs on Shopee.

@Chang *****

also Korea, North or South, doesn't matter, everybody welcome in Laos

@P**

all countries bordering Germany, bar France and the Netherlands, are visa free to Laos.

@Roy ********

you can use baht but you pay more if you do, the visa fee is officially in USD and it's cheapest if you pay in USD.

@Luit ****************

it's that you can type it right and it then changes it to wrong if it misreads your passport. It's not a great design, it should take the passport image first and then ask you to check the data. Not have you enter the data and then overwrite it. I can understand people missing this and this is not the first case, others have been caught like this as well, they entered data right but the system overwrote it wrong.

@Nick **

it's there, check again. AFAIK it's an obligatory field and should be there on any passport. Second row, position 22-27. Possibly you had entered it right but then it misread from the MRV.